| US 7,543,893 B2 | ||
| Rocking reclining chair | ||
| Larry P. LaPointe, Temperance, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to La-Z-Boy Incorporated, Monroe, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/483,700. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/792367, filed on Apr. 14, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0241589 A1, Oct. 18, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47C 1/035 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 297—463.1 [297/85; 16/422] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A furniture member, comprising:
a support member;
a mechanism rotatably pinned to the support member and adapted for both rocking and reclining motions, including:
a first pair of forward link members;
a pantograph linkage set connected to the first pair of forward link members and operable to extend and retract a footrest
assembly; and
a drive rod connected to the pantograph linkage set, rotation of the drive rod operable to each of extend and retract the
pantograph linkage set;
an escutcheon directly connected to a first end of the drive rod, the escutcheon including a male extending engagement member
having a sloped engagement tooth extending outwardly therefrom; and
a handle snap-engaged directly on the escutcheon, the handle operable to manually rotate the drive rod, the handle including
an engagement aperture adapted to receive the male extending engagement member of the escutcheon to engage the handle with
the escutcheon, an engagement tooth receiving aperture opening directly into the engagement aperture; and a pitched engagement
slot angled to taper into and directed toward the engagement aperture and aligned with the engagement tooth receiving aperture,
the sloped engagement tooth being elastically compressed by contact within the pitched engagement slot when the male extending
engagement member is initially slidably received in the engagement aperture and thereafter outwardly elastically extensible
to engage within the engagement tooth receiving aperture.
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